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V “I do not know which to prefer…

V “I do not know which to prefer…
 the blackbird whistling
Or just after.”
From 13 Ways of looking at a Blackbird by Steven Wallace
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 I > Among twenty snowy mountains, > The only moving thing > Was the eye of the blackbird. >

I > Among twenty snowy mountains, > The only moving thing > Was the eye of the blackbird. > (-Wallace Stevens)
From 13 Ways of looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
16 x 16 unframed
oil on canvas
larger view

II > I was of three minds, > Like a tree > In which there are three blackbirds. >

II > I was of three minds, > Like a tree > In which there are three blackbirds. > >(-Wallace Stevens)
From 13 Ways of looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
16 x 16 unframed
oil on canvas
larger view
III > The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. > It was a small part of the pantomime

III > The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. > It was a small part of the pantomime. > >(-Wallace Stevens)
From 13 Ways of looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
16 x 16 unframed
oil on canvas
larger view

 V > I do not know which to prefer, > The beauty of inflections > Or the beauty of innuendoes, > The blackbird whistling > Or just after.

V > I do not know which to prefer, > The beauty of inflections > Or the beauty of innuendoes, > The blackbird whistling > Or just after. > >(-Wallace Stevens)
From 13 Ways of looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
16 x 16 unframed
oil on canvas
larger view

VI > Icicles filled the long window > With barbaric glass. > The shadow of the blackbird >

VI > Icicles filled the long window > With barbaric glass. > The shadow of the blackbird > Crossed it, to and fro. > The mood > Traced in the shadow > An indecipherable cause. You will accept and I will question? > >(-Wallace Stevens
From 13 Ways of looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
16 x 16 unframed
oil on canvas
larger view
IX > When the blackbird flew out of sight, > It marked the edge > Of one of many circles. >

IX > When the blackbird flew out of sight, > It marked the edge > Of one of many circles. > >(-Wallace Stevens)
From 13 Ways of looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
16 x 16 unframed
oil on canvas
larger view

 X > At the sight of blackbirds > Flying in a green light,

X > At the sight of blackbirds > Flying in a green light, > Even the bawds of euphony > Would cry out sharply. > >(-Wallace Stevens)
From 13 Ways of looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
16 x 16 unframed
oil on canvas
larger view

XII > The river is moving. > The blackbird must be flying. >

XII > The river is moving. > The blackbird must be flying. > >(-Wallace Stevens)
From 13 Ways of looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
16 x 16 unframed
oil on canvas
larger view
XIII > It was evening all afternoon. > It was snowing > And it was going to snow.

XIII > It was evening all afternoon. > It was snowing > And it was going to snow. > The blackbird sat > In the cedar-limbs. > > -Wallace Stevens
From 13 Ways of looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
16 x 16 unframed
oil on canvas
larger view

 VIII > I know noble accents > And lucid, inescapable rhythms; > But I know, too, > That the blackbird is involved >

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VIII > I know noble accents > And lucid, inescapable rhythms; > But I know, too, > That the blackbird is involved > In what I know. > >(-Wallace Stevens)
From 13 Ways of looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
acyrlic on canvas
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> IV > ... A man and a woman and a blackbird > Are one.

> IV > ... A man and a woman and a blackbird > Are one. >
(-Wallace Stevens)
From 13 Ways of looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
16 x 16 unframed
oil on canvas
larger view

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